Rachel has been gettng very excited about her birthday, which is on Thursday. Tonight after dinner she started singing, “Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you.” Then she stopped and said, “I have something to say and it rhymes with you.” “Moo?” “Shoe? ” We asked. She walked over to her dad and whispered, “I have to go poo.” and ran off to the bathroom laughing. We’re always telling her not to use the word poo when she’s joking around, so she was relieved that we were laughing along with her.

One more. Rachel came out of the bathroom this afternoon with her finger touching the inside of her mouth. “I have a canker sore.” “I wonder how that happened?” I responded. “It’s from boogers.” She said very seriously. “The boogers got in there and then I got a canker sore.” Then she started demonstrating how her “boogers” from her sniffly nose would get into mouth when breathing in.

I don’t use the word boogers.

She’s also starting to say the word “awesome” a little too often for me. She used to say, “I really love my blanket.” Now she says “This blanket is really awesome.”

This should be an interesting year.